Elkins v. Ariyoshi

Paul Elkins, the Republican nominee for the office of Mayor of the County of Maui, and Allen W. Barr, campaign coordinator for Mr. Elkins, brought this original action in the Supreme Court of Hawaii on behalf of themselves and all other voters of Maui County, wherein they petitioned this court to declare the results of the October 5, 1974 primary election as it affected Maui County to be null and void and to order a new primary election.

The defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds, that the plaintiffs lacked standing to contest the primary election held in the County of Maui,…